Born 1986 in La Porte, Texas. Lives and works in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Education
2016
MFA, Studio Art (Photography)
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), Chicago, Illinois
2013
BA, Photocommunications
St. Edward's University, Austin, Texas
Exhibitions + Performances
2024
Currents New Media Festival 2024, El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico
NMDC 34th Annual Choreographers’ Showcase, Railyard Performance Center, Santa Fe, NM
Pardon Our Dust, Wholesale Gallery and Studio, Santa Fe, NM
2019
Remote Sensing, Umbrella Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2018
SW Water and Light, TCC Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
2017
O sister O sister sing, The Overlook, Chicago, Illinois
2016
Can You Spit On Someone You Love, Good Lil' Base, Chicago, Illinois
MFA Show, Sullivan Galleries, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
2015
Mercury, The Leroy Neiman Center Gallery at SAIC, Chicago, Illinois
2014
Surface Area, Studio 109, Brooklyn, New York
New Constructions, Pump Project's Flex Space, Austin, Texas
2013
<img>, Photocommunications Senior Exhibition, St. Edward's University, Austin, Texas
Enduring Women, The Bullock Texas State History Museum, Austin, Texas
Student Juried Exhibition curated by Salvador Castillo, St. Edward's University, Austin, Texas
2012
Student Juried Exhibition curated by Margaret Meehan, St. Edward's University, Austin, Texas
2011
The Last Incredible Art Show, Cherrywood Coffeehouse, Austin, Texas
Selected Experience
2024–
Photographer and Art Installer, Level Fine Art Services, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2022–2024
Preparator, Tia Collection, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2021–2022
Gallery Operations, GF Contemporary and Giacobbe-Fritz Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2016–17
Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Continuing Studies Instructor, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Publications
2018
Aloi, Giovanni, ”Linda Tegg: Spaces and Otherness in the Anthropocene” in Repair: The Catalogue, Australian Institute of Architects.
Aloi, Giovanni, “A Program for Plants: In Conversation, Coda” in Why Look at Plants?: The Botanical Emergence in Contemporary Art.
2014
Ogene, Timothy, “Featured Artist - Brian M. John,” interview with New Literati Editor Timothy Ogene, August 8, 2014.
Awards
2015
EAGER Grant from the Shapiro Center for Research and Collaboration for the research project A Program for Plants, in collaboration with Joshi Radin and Linda Tegg
Collections
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Joan Flasch Artist Book Collection, Chicago, Illinois
The Bullock Texas State History Museum, Austin, Texas